News: a prosthetic hand designed for people with missing fingers has been made available to download from the 3D-printing design database Thingiverse (+ movie). More about 3D-printed Robohand helps children born without fingers
Cologne designer Thomas Schnur has created squishy lamps made out of rubber. More about Rubber lamp by Thomas Schnur
News: architecture writer and founder of BLDGBLOG Geoff Manaugh has been announced as the new editor-in-chief of technology website Gizmodo. More about BLDGBLOG's Geoff Manaugh becomes Gizmodo editor-in-chief
Red clay normally used for flower pots and roof tiles has been made into lamps by Slovakian designer Tomas Kral. More about Terracotta lamps by Tomas Kral
Dutch design office Rietveld Landscape has built an arched foam screen with hundreds of building-shaped holes inside a disused chapel at the Centraal Museum in Utrecht (+ slideshow). More about Pretty Vacant by Rietveld Landscape
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: Zaha Hadid has opened a gallery in Clerkenwell, central London, to display her furniture and design to the public (+ slideshow). More about Zaha Hadid Design Gallery opens to the public
Product news: the seat of this chair by Venetian designer Luca Nichetto is made of folded felt. More about Motek by Luca Nichetto for Cassina
Light from small ceramic pendants is bounced off large steel bowls to form these lamps by London designers Studio Vit. More about Globe lights by Studio Vit
Product news: Australian company DesignByThem has added a range of bright recycled-plastic chairs to its collection. More about Butter Chair by DesignByThem
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: British designer Freyja Sewell's felt cocoons have gone into production and were on show in a Victorian former prison in London this week (+ movie). More about Hush by Freyja Sewell
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: Irish designer Donna Bates' rural upbringing influenced these lamps based on glass vats found in a milking parlour. More about Parlour Lighting by Donna Bates
Dutch creative agency The Stone Twins did away with the usual imagery and photos when asked to design this postage stamp, using only words to tell a short story. More about Dublin UNESCO City of Literature stamp by The Stone Twins
These tiny cups by German designer Hanna Kruse are topped with geometric wire grates to support and show off small objects like jewellery, flower heads or leaves. More about Soe cups by Hanna Kruse
News: architecture firm dRMM will install 20 interlocking wooden staircases outside St Paul's Cathedral for the London Design Festival in September. Update: the Endless Stair will now be constructed outside Tate Modern. More about dRMM to install Escher-style staircase outside St Paul's Cathedral
Product news: a tap presented by French designer Philippe Starck in New York this week uses half as much water as regular taps. More about Organic tap by Philippe Starck for Axor
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: this wall mounted shelving unit by London designer Michael Marriott is now being produced by design brand Very Good & Proper (+ slideshow). More about 009 Croquet Shelving by Michael Marriott for Very Good & Proper
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: new table sizes and a matching bench have been added to London designer Mathias Hahn's E8 range of colourful wooden furniture. More about E8 furniture by Mathias Hahn for Zeitraum
Dezeen and MINI World Tour: New York designer Stephen Burks tells us how his once rough-edged city is being tamed by world-class architecture, urban design improvements like the High Line and a European-style bike-sharing scheme in the first of our reports from the Big Apple. More about "New Yorkers all of a sudden are interested in quality of life"
New York designer Bradley Ferrada presented an elongated chair with a faceted back at NYCxDESIGN this week. More about Perch chair by Bradley Ferrada
Clerkenwell Design Week 2013: twenty-six cable ties make up this pendant lamp that London studio Vitamin is exhibiting at Clerkenwell Design Week. More about Tied-Up Pendant Lamp by Vitamin